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NEWSLETTER OF THE FRESHWATER MOLLUSK CONSERVATION SOCIETY

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President’s Message Greetings, By the time you receive the April edition of Ellipsaria we will have completed our 2009 FMCS International Symposium. Since this is my final message as president I want to personally thank Catherine Gatenby and her committee for all their hard work with the symposium. These are very tough economic times affecting all of us and basically this has been a perfect storm that hit right during our 2009 symposium. I wish to acknowledge our sponsors (state, federal and private consultants) that provided critical sponsorship funding plus all the in-kind help with the symposium. I also wish to personally say thanks to all our committee chairs that have worked diligently on various issues and Heidi Dunn, Christine Mayer, and Greg Zimmerman who are all critical individuals needed for the success of our society. My final message to all of you is to get involved with FMCS. We still have a lot of work to be done in moving our society forward plus all this work doesn’t need to fall on the shoulders of a few individuals. This is our society and we can make a difference concerning the protection and restoration of our mollusk resources. Steve Ahlstedt, FMCS Past-President

~~ FMCS Officer Election Results ~~ Best Student Platform and Poster Awards The best platform award went to Jason Mays (co-authors President-Elect: Caryn Vaughn W.G. Cope, T.J. Kwak, and D. Shea) for his talk entitled Secretary: Greg Zimmerman “Bioaccumulation of platinum group metals in the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata”. The honorable mention I received a total of 100 ballots from members that I was able platform award went to Dan Allen (co-author C.C. Vaughn) to include in the vote tally (i.e., ballot contained the FMCS for his presentation on “Mussel diversity destabilizes member signature and at least one vote). I was very pleased substrates at high flows”. The best poster award went to Joe with the participation of the number of members voting. Daraio (co-authors L.J. Weber, T.J. Newton, and S.J. Zigler) Thanks to all the members who took the time to vote! for his poster on “The importance of host fish location at the Leroy Koch, FMCS Nominations time of juvenile drop off on dispersal of juvenile mussels in

the Upper Mississippi River”. The honorable mention poster award went to Nathan Johnson (co-authors I.J. McLean, J.D. FMCS 2009 Award Results Williams, and P.J. Schofield) for his poster on “Salinity tolerance of three freshwater mussel species: a coastal plain Student Travel Awards species shows tolerance”. Congratulations to all the fine Five students were selected for travel awards: Andrea student presentations at this year’s meeting!!! Crownhart (Missouri State), Christopher Owen (University of

Louisville), Serena Ciapris (Virginia Tech), Nathan Johnson Professional Awards (University of Florida), and Michael Pillow (Missouri State). Gerry Mackie and Jim Layzer were each presented with the One additional student travel award specifically for Lifetime Achievement award for 30 years of dedicated service international students was given to Alexandra Zieritz of the to the conservation of freshwater mollusks. Heidi Dunn and University of Cambridge. 1

Christine Mayer were each presented with the Meritorious BOARD MEETING AGENDA Service Award for their diligent efforts on behalf of the Committee Reports Society. Photos of some of the award recipients are on page Awards: 24 of this newsletter. Greg Cope and Teresa Newton

Teresa Newton and Greg Cope Environmental Quality and Affairs:

Ryan Evans and Steve McMurry

• No need for separate committee to handles toxicity issues 2009 Auction/Raffle Event • Bylaws need to be updated – post on website This year’s meeting gave way to another successful and • Pursue development of operations manual (covers duties of committee chairs) entertaining auction/raffle event! Amid the last minute sales of raffle tickets, hors d’oeuvres, and "local" brews, Steve Gastropod Status and Distribution: Ahlstedt and Tom Watters entertained the crowd with their • Paul Johnson (TN/CU/Mobile River Basin mollusk slapstick talents. Tuesday night's event raised $4675, which restoration plan) will go towards student travel to upcoming meetings. • Blueprint mollusk restoration plan will address Eastern Gulf Slope A great big thank you to those members and nonmembers • American Fisheries Society (Conservation Status of North who donated the items, and especially to those who bought American Freshwater Gastropods) raffle tickets and purchased auction items…some of which • Compendium of type specimens, photography of were "hidden treasures". We had nearly 70 items that Smithsonian types. Original descriptions, original plate, ranged from quirky river booty to beautiful photographs and new images will be web based. hand-carved fishes. FMCS has a wealth of artistic talent • Updating AFS Conservation Status of Freshwater Mussels among its members, and it’s always nice to see this • Eventual posting of mussel and snails on FMCS web site displayed at our meetings. Finally, we wanted to recognize some enthusiastic student volunteers who helped with the Genetics: auction during the week -- a special thanks to Andrea David Berg Crownhart and Mike Pillow of Missouri State University for • Possible subgroup under genetics (roles of taxonomy and their time and dedication! rules of nomenclature…ignoring established nomenclature?)

Auction Committee: Guidelines and Techniques: Cristi Bishop, Lisie Kitchel, Teresa Newton, Jamie Smith Chuck Howard and Janet Clayton • Freshwater mussel certification process

Information Exchange: FMCS Board Meeting Walkerana update – Tom Watters, Editor and John Jenkinson, Assistant Editor Marriott Waterfront Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD • Drafting purpose and goals statement for the journal April 19, 2009, 1 - 5PM • Compiling list of potential members on editorial board A quorum is present for the official meeting of the Board of • Need to develop business plan for the journal Directors of FMCS. List of attendees: • Journal name…do we wish to change the name • Journal content…board needs to sanction or change it Steve Ahlstedt (President) • Frequency of publication Gregory Cope (President-Elect / Awards Committee) • Increasing dues to reflect publishing Journal Heidi Dunn (Treasurer) • Fund part-time position for Journal preparation Greg Zimmerman (Secretary) • Page charges…will authors pay page charges or will dues Steve McMurray (Environmental Quality & Affairs Committee) offset costs Tom Jones (Outreach Committee) • Back issues of Walkerana (storage, cost of back issues) Chuck Howard (Guidelines & Techniques Committee) • Ellipsaria – continue as a vehicle for FMCS Janet Clayton (Guidelines & Techniques Committee) announcements, members, short notes etc. Board needs to Jim Williams (Mussel Distribution and Status) clarify between the Journal and Ellipsaria Art Bogan (Mussel Distribution and Status) Tony Brady (Propagation and Restoration Committee) Mussel Status and Distribution: Teresa Newton (Awards Committee) Arthur Bogan and Jim Williams Patty Morrison (Symposium Sub-Committee) • Roles of taxonomy and rules of nomenclature (genetics subgroup?) Catherine Gatenby (Symposium Sub-Committee) Robert Anderson (Past President) Outreach: Emily Monroe (Genetics Committee) Tom Jones and Andy Roberts (FMCS webpage update status) John Jenkinson (Information Exchange) • Urgent need for updated membership list (mass emailing, Mark Hove (Photography) dues, announcements) Andy Roberts (Co-chair Outreach Committee) • Funding available to incorporate Andy Roberts web page Leroy Koch (Chair Nominations Committee) with FMCS (possible student scholarship to handle this)

Nate Johnson Propagation, Restoration, and Introduction: Chris Barnhart Tony Brady 2

National Strategy income so far in 2009 $14,455.54, expenses $5,454.03, net Rachel Muir $8,910.51. • Update/prioritize National Strategy (status?) FMCS now has $69,815.82 in the bank. Symposium 2009: Catherine Gatenby Secretary’s Report – • Update on symposium 2009 (cost, sponsorship money) Submitted by Greg Zimmerman

Old Business We will work to get the most recent Society’s bylaws added • Propose FMCS to document history and past presidents – to the website. Keeping track of the membership between responsibility (past presidents)? Ellipsaria, the treasurer, the secretary, and others has been • Update/prioritize National Strategy (Rachel Muir, problematic as the society grows. Hopefully, upcoming Committee Chair) website improvements will minimize these problems and help

New Business keep the society growing.

• Revisit webpage/FMCS member list system (Greg As a reminder, all official FMCS documents such as those Zimmerman) see Outreach signed by the president should get forwarded to the secretary. • Need ideas and sponsors for 2010 FMCS workshop Then these documents will be posted on the website for (topics, location, sponsor) reference. • FMCS committee dedicated to fund raising (workshops/symposia) In an effort to reduce redundancy and get all of the • Recommend Virginia Tech for future conferencing information in the same place, some of the Board Meeting services discussions have been appended to the Committee reports • Require all committees to provide biannual updates or where noted. discontinue • Form special International and Tribal Committee to Committee Reports – continue collaboration/membership All members are encouraged to join and be active in FMCS • Member-at-large committee responsible for increasing committees. You don’t have to wait until the next meeting! membership-Pacific NW Mollusk Group See the FMCS website for the respective committee chair’s • Make contact with Pacific NW Mollusk Group for future contact information. FMCS symposium (2013) • Possible FMCS symposium 2013 Guntersville State Awards Committee Park, Alabama (Paul Johnson) Submitted by Teresa Newton and Greg Cope • Raise membership fees (2 year membership), pay at (Note: Dr. Emy Monroe has agreed to co-chair the Awards symposium Committee in addition to Greg Cope and Teresa Newton.) Student Travel Awards Treasurer’s Report – The Awards committee announced and solicited nominations Submitted by Heidi Dunn and applications for student awards to be presented at the In 2008 income was from interest ($471.16), memberships biennial symposium. At the request of the 2009 Symposium ($7,800), and sale of hats and t-shirts from the outreach Planning Committee, a procedural change was made for the booth at the SCB meeting ($343). Overall, the workshop student travel awards during 2008-2009. Rather than issuing was a success. We received $9,000 in donations, a check individual monetary student travel awards to applicants, from SCB of $3,822 (in 2009) for income of $12,822. SCB rooms would be booked and paid for by the Society for the workshop expenses totaled $4,288.98, so profit from the selected students to assist the Society with making the workshop was $8,099.02. Thanks to all who helped make contracted number of room nights at the host hotel. A total of this a success. We also successfully acquired Walkerana. 23 applications were received for student travel awards. We hired a lawyer to make sure the transaction was legal. Based on the allotted funds for all awards from the Society, The lawyer donated much of his time and only charged us the room cost per night at the hotel for four nights, and the $500. Credit card, bank fees, and annual registration fee estimated cost of award plaques, 5 student travel awards were made up the other expenses. Total income $17,614.16, possible. Five students were selected for travel awards: expenses $10,222.52, for a net gain of $7,391.64. Andrea Crownhart (Missouri State), Christopher Owen (University of Louisville), Serena Ciapris (Virginia Tech), So far in 2009, we have income from memberships ($5,810), Nathan Johnson (University of Florida), and Michael Pillow interest ($119.62), 2008 workshop ($3,822) and the 2009 (Missouri State). Through fund raising efforts of the 2009 auction ($4,703.92). Expenses include the t-shirts for the Symposium Chair, one additional student travel award symposium ($521.52; all were sold so this cost will be specifically targeted for international students was made recouped), hats ($1,518.40; many of these were also sold at possible. The international student selected was Alexandra the symposium), some symposium expenses, and some Zieritz of the University of Cambridge. If this model works credit card fees. It will be a few months before we receive well in 2009, the Committee will consider adopting the hotel the balance from the symposium, but it appears we are in the room night payment as the standard student travel award for black with this one (yeah!). Catherine Gatenby obtained future Symposia. $44,000 in donations to cover some of the expense. Total

Best Student Platform and Poster Awards • A letter in support of the proposed rule to list five A total of 52 students submitted abstracts for platform (26) mussels Endangered or Threatened in Pennsylvania was and poster (26) presentations for the 2009 Symposium that sent to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. required judging for the Best Student Platform and Best student Poster Awards. This large number of student All of these letters are available on the Society’s website. presentations required over 20 judges from the Society Currently a letter is being drafted to again reiterate our membership. The awards committee wishes to send a huge concerns to the Obama Administration concerning repeal of thanks to all members who helped in this important several of the amendments to the ESA. During our meeting at endeavor!! The best platform award went to Jason Mays the Symposium in Baltimore, it was decided that Ryan Evans (co-authors WG Cope, TJ Kwak, and D Shea) for his talk and Steve McMurray would continue as committee co-chairs. entitled “Bioaccumulation of platinum group metals in the One issue that needs to be addressed is the proposed water freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata”. The honorable quality criterion for cyanide. Due to a lack of data on the mention platform award went to Dan Allen (co-author CC effects of cyanide on freshwater mussels, the determination of Vaughn) for his presentation on “Mussel diversity effects relied on the effects to host fish. The committee destabilizes substrates at high flows”. The best poster award would like to see a research laboratory conduct toxicity went to Joe Daraio (co-authors LJ Weber, TJ Newton, and testing to determine the effects of cyanide on glochidia, and SJ Zigler) for his poster on “The importance of host fish juvenile and adult mussels to better inform the process. In a location at the time of juvenile drop off on dispersal of related matter, the committee would like to facilitate juvenile mussels in the Upper Mississippi River”. The communications between Endangered Species Biologists and honorable mention poster award went to Nathan Johnson Toxicologists/Contaminants Specialists. A group of (co-authors IJ McLean, JD Williams, and PJ Schofield) for committee members is working on developing a position his poster on “Salinity tolerance of three freshwater mussel paper/information report on the issues surrounding gas species: a coastal plain species shows tolerance”. drilling and frac water toxicity, as it could have both national Congratulations to all the fine student presentations at this and international implications. If you know of other year’s meeting! environmental issues affecting freshwater mussels that have regional, national or even international implications, or would Professional Awards like to assist with some of the active issues, please contact one The Awards committee announced and solicited of the co-chairs. nominations and applications for professional awards to be presented at the biennial symposium. We received two It was also noted during the board meeting that FMCS should nominations for the Meritorious Service Award and two consider guidance for FERC licensees regarding minimum nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award. At the DO and temperature, etc. 2009 FMCS meeting, Heidi Dunn and Christine Mayer were each presented with the Meritorious Service Award for their Gastropod Status and Distribution Committee diligent efforts on behalf of the Society. Gerry Mackie and Paul Johnson unfortunately could not make the symposium Jim Layzer were each presented with the Lifetime but Paul is working on the Tennessee / Cumberlandia / Achievement award for 30 years of dedicated service to the Mobile River mollusk conservation plan and other items with conservation of freshwater mollusks. Jeff Powell as noted on the gastropod meeting agenda shown below. Due to a scheduling problem, the Gastropod meeting Environmental Quality and Affairs Committee did not occur in Baltimore with the committee chairs. For Submitted by Ryan Evans and Steve McMurray more information, committee members and others should contact Paul Johnson or Jeff Powell. The Environmental Quality and Affairs Committee has been busy since the Little Rock Symposium. Several letters Old Business: addressing mollusk concerns have been drafted for the FMCS Web Site President’s signature. These included: • Tom Jones (Outreach Chair) to lead effort to revamp • A letter to the USEPA was written requesting that FMCS web site. Once this is complete, committee will national water quality criteria standards for ammonia be hopefully become more active revised to include studies on the effects of ammonia on • Take suggestions from attendees on functions / items to be freshwater mussels. pursued on the website

• A letter in support of NSF funding for the curation of the Status of AFS Project: Athearn collection at the North Carolina State Museum. • Effort to publish a checklist evaluating the basic • A letter to the USFWS expressing our concerns with the Conservation Status Review of North American proposed amendments to the ESA. Freshwater Gastropods • A letter to the USEPA expressing our opposition to the • 10 member committee of US and Canadian participants. modifications proposed to the OSM “Stream Buffer • Taxonomic / Systematic review are NOT an objective of Zone” rule. the project • A letter in support of the petition by the Center for • Database has completed 3 reviews, and is now under 4th Biological Diversity (CBD) to list 42 species of review freshwater snails under the ESA was sent to the USFWS. • AFS Turgeon et al, NatureServe / Heritage Database, and COSEWIC lists were the building blocks of the review (all

lists have been vetted several times) the first volume • Updated lists revised based on recent published • Possible web-based version

manuscripts Nominations and election of new gastropod committee chair • Revised database to be sent to committee in May or June and alternate? 2009 along with an outline of draft article [Appendix and plates provided with agenda were not included • AFS article expected in 2010 here but can be obtained directly from Jeff Powell] • Hopefully AFS will allow an electronic database to be posted on FMCS website (build upon initial list as more Genetics Committee distributional / taxonomic information becomes David Berg noted problems regarding genetics work ignoring available). established nomenclature. This also echoed Art Bogan’s • Hope the article will help generate more interest comments. nationally in freshwater snails

Mollusk Restoration Plans: Guidelines and Techniques Committee 25 conservation target species for the Cumberlandian Region Submitted by Chuck Howard 28 conservation target species for the Mobile River Basin 12 Chuck Howard and Janet Clayton re-elected as co-chairs. proposed conservation targets for the Choctawhatchee, In 2008-2009, the co-chairs have been evaluating the concept Yellow, & Escambia river basins of a Mollusk Taxonomy and Field Techniques Education / • Once finalized copies of the plans will be available on Certification Program. Evaluations have included a pilot request mussel surveyor certification program by the Pennsylvania • Mobile and Cumberland plans should be finalized by this Fish and Boat Commission, conceptual ideas for a summer certification program in North Carolina (Art Bogan), and • Hope to make PDF’s available on AABC website within existing professional certification programs in practice by the a year North American Benthological Society and American • Accounts have been drafted for the Cumberlandian and Fisheries Society. Mobile taxa, but not the eastern gulf slope species. The gulf coast accounts will be drafted over the next year. At the April 21, 2009 lunch meeting, a list of Committee • The accounts specify basic priority actions for each Goals and Potential Initiatives for Consideration by the species and begin to form a general outline of recovery committee were presented to committee meeting attendees. activities for each species (for many species - the first The co-chairs invited members to address these or other priority specifies a systematic / taxonomic status review) initiatives over the next two years, but encouraged a unified • Are taxa missing from the lists that should be included? effort to help with the development of a Mollusk Taxonomy • Plans will be revised approximately every 5 years to and Field Techniques Education / Certification initiative. A include changes in species status and priority recovery draft list of tasks needed to develop this dual initiative was activities presented to the committee.

New Business: The committee met again the evening of April 21 to continue What are the special interests of gastropod committee in discussion of developing a Mollusk Taxonomy and Field light of the possible initiation of society journal, prior to the Techniques Education / Certification Program. The primary 2011 meeting in Kentucky? tasks outlined for these initiatives included: format,

News from the AABC: certification level, geographic criteria, development of a • Gastropod facility operational, culture efforts underway taxonomic guidance committee, development of educational for 5 species materials, testing, funding, and legal issues.

• Culture efforts are limited while construction of other Once the co-chairs receive a complete list of society members facilities are completed this year wishing to actively serve on the Guidelines and Techniques • Successfully established a new reproducing population of Committee, committee members will be asked to sign up for Leptoxis plicata (Plicate Rocksnail) with cultured stock – or will be assigned to one or more tasks needed to develop additional monitoring to continue this initiative. Deadlines will then be set for status reports and • Other test releases will be conducted later this year completion of the various tasks. Development of the Pleuroceridae Type Catalog: taxonomic education / certification program in particular will • A review of all type specimens of the Pleuroceridae require a long-term commitment to this endeavor by including original descriptions and lithographs taxonomic experts and institutions (such as museums, • Project cooperators: Smithsonian Museum of Natural universities, and regulatory agencies) across the country; History, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, therefore, we encourage leaders in our field to evaluate how Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center they and their institutions could support development of this • Production of high quality plates of initiative and contribute to the long-term commitments (e.g., • Objective is a 2 volume series published in the education centers or evaluation sites) of an education / Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology – Volume 1 to certification program. include all USNM Types (approximately 400 types). We look forward to working with committee members and • Photography nearly complete for USNM Types, and members of the society to develop this important initiative approximately half the plates have been assembled for 5 that supports the society’s stated purposes to promote shipped. The existing “Tools for Outreach” set is in Janet education of freshwater mollusks and their function in Butler’s possession (per Patty Morrison). Andy and Tom freshwater ecosystems and facilitate science-based Jones are requesting video clips for website, photos, and other management of freshwater mollusks. We hope to non-proprietary materials for distribution or website use. communicate with current committee members in June 2009 Other ideas included special mussel areas of the US – and assign working groups for each task. modules. Steve A. has material that he gave Catherine on commercial shell industry and native shell mounds that could Mussel Status and Distribution Committee be incorporated into outreach materials. Submitted by Jim Williams and Art Bogan During the past year we have researched the conservation Propagation Committee status of freshwater mussels in the United States, Canada Tony Brady has been working trying to catch up with recent and Mexico. We have assigned conservation status to the staff shortages and a change in job description. approximately 370 taxa that are currently being recognized. It was noted that a data clearinghouse for translocations is The spreadsheet has been circulated to the Committee critical. For example, with southeastern fishes the members with a request that corrections to conservation translocation of native fishes without documentation into new status, distribution, etc. be noted and returned by 15 May streams has resulted in a “nightmare” (Jim Williams). The 2009. The introductory text for the manuscript is being USACE and TN system has a database, however - we need a drafted and should be completed by June 2009. NatureServe running tally of where these mussels are going, what species, has also requested that we submit the spreadsheet to them and, to where. Matt Patterson had a database but the status of for their review to be sure that their conservation status is in the database was unknown. line with that proposed by the Committee. We plan to submit the final document to the American Fisheries Society Sources of mussels for toxicology studies are also needed. It for publication no later than July 2009. During our would be a good idea if the Propagation Committee could Committee meeting several individuals requested that they compile a list of available sources for toxicology studies. be allowed to review the spreadsheet to be sure recent Committee Meeting Report – Submitted by Tony Brady changes in conservation status and distribution were Tony Brady opened meeting with seven members present. included before submission for publication. Tony was asked by the committee to remain as chair for the The distribution atlas committee has not been able to attract next two years. He agreed. Tony explained to the committee funding to support the required museum visits to document the charge from the FMCS board to develop a database of the historical distribution of the freshwater mussels of North current propagators, species being propagated and stocking America. John Alderman and I in collaboration with about locations. After discussion, the committee decided to begin 12 others have taken a new approach to examine the modern by generating a list of current propagation facilities, and state distribution of the freshwater mussels of the south Atlantic coordinators. Information such as species propagated can be Slope. This region includes the Atlantic Coast rivers from answered by contacting the facilities and stocking locations Maryland south to north Florida. We have gathered together by contacting state coordinators. The meeting was then information from the state agencies for most of the five adjourned. The next day, Tony asked Rachel Muir to co-chair included states. We have worked with the state agencies to the committee with him. The propagation committee now donate their survey data on freshwater mussels and are in the falls in line with most of the other FMCS committees by process of incorporating this data as layers in ArcGIS. All having co-chairs. species distribution maps will be published at the 8 digit HUC units and no dot maps will be provided. This project Information Exchange Committee / Walkerana Journal can be used as a new focus to bring together the first cut of The following is a summary of the Baltimore Board Meeting information on a particular state through the cooperation of discussions, edited by John Jenkinson, additional comments agencies responsible for collecting distribution data. I work by Tom Watters: for a state agency and have agreed to host the various state’s The Walkerana journal has been officially and legally data on a secure server with no external access or third party purchased from Jack Burch. Tom Watters has agreed to serve access. We are suggesting the South Atlantic Slope Atlas as Editor and John Jenkinson has agreed to serve as Assistant might be a first step to gathering regional data to work Editor. Currently, the editors are working on a draft purpose toward a national atlas. However, you still have to be and goals statement for the journal and are compiling a list of careful of the identifications. potential members of an editorial board. Many thanks to Jack Burch, Heidi Dunn, Kevin Cummings, Steve Ahlstedt, and Outreach Committee others who made the transfer possible. The following is a summary of the Baltimore Board Meeting Discussions: The official name and logistics of the journal was discussed in-depth. There are a large number of business and logistical The mixer was paid for by outreach activities performed by reasons that the exact name is important. The name may be Tom Jones at Aquarium on Saturday, the day before the put to a vote. Proposed names: symposium. 1) “Walkerana: Journal of the Freshwater Mollusk New initiatives include building a smaller outreach materials Conservation Society” set, or sets, so they could be more easily and cost-effectively 2) “JFMCS: Walkerana” 6

3) “The Journal of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation OLD BUSINESS Society” History of Past FMCS Presidents – The issue of documenting Ellipsaria will be maintained as an information exchange the work history of past presidents was re-raised, and what medium for FMCS members. was the status of that effort? It was recommended that the Journal details: The volume numbers should be contiguous past president (Robert Anderson) should compile an outline of with Walkerana, and it was suggested that we put a past president’s work history. transitional letter from Jack Burch on the inside cover of the first FMCS issue. Art Bogan suggested the content should National Strategy – Status?? In 2007 it was agreed to have include both contributions and, unlike other journals, survey committees take their piece of conservation strategy and reports. Jim Williams suggest we do not include notes, as it revise and present in March 08, with Rachel Muir to take the is difficult to get credit for notes professionally. lead. To date this has not been accomplished. We also need a synopsis of what has been accomplished to date; this could be Other items discussed included the development of a included as an appendix. We also still need electronic version Business Plan, color vs. black and white, page charges, fees, of the original document in word format. The board will send and having an electronic submission process. It was also an email out regarding number of action items for each concluded that the journal probably should shift to 8.5” x committee. The Tennessee / Cumberland mussel 11” because that size is more economical to print and conservation strategy is basically complete and can be used as format. Back issues should be stored in one place and sold a template as well. as part of the operation of this journal; we ask the Board to consider the logistics of this, as well as setting prices for NEW BUSINESS back issues. Should the journal be electronic only or print? Electronic only would streamline production, be “green,” Website News – Tom Jones should have time in the coming and minimize cost; distribution to a wider audience would be months to develop the website. A motion for a $1,500 / year made through pay-per-download services such as JSTOR. Scholarship for a Marshall Student to maintain the website Will it accept new species descriptions? If so, then a paper was proposed by Greg Cope. The scholarship will ensure that copy is required. FMCS should accept the AFS list or the new website is properly maintained and hosted. The publish. motion was seconded and all were in favor.

The journal will likely require a funded part-time FMCS Workshop 2010 and 2011 Symposium – layout/printer liaison person, which should be incorporated A number of options were discussed for the 2010 workshop into the business plan. The initial goal for publication will and 2011 symposium. The 2010 FMCS Workshop will be likely be two issues per year with a long-term goal of 4x per held in (or near) St. Louis, MO. The general topic will be year. If the journal will be distributed in printed form it may Regional Identification of Mussel Fauna and Sampling require that FMCS raise membership fees. If so, we also Methods. might switch to a two-year membership structure to reduce administrative work. The exact amount of increase will For future symposia / workshops we are also considering a depend on the cost of printing the journal. joint meeting with the Southeast Fishes Joint Regional Taxonomy Workshop in Guntersville, AL. The facility can The editors were requested to prepare a business plan for accommodate 200. Steve Ahlstedt will continue to help look this journal, including the anticipated costs of whatever at locations with the incoming administration. Steve said a options appear to be viable. That plan will be reviewed and major key to the success of past symposia and workshops has approved or modified by the Executive Committee before been strong local sponsorship. Society funds are spent on this journal. It was also discussed that the committees could also be a Symposium Committee focus of the workshops, as was the original intent of the The following is a summary of the Baltimore Board Meeting committees. It was suggested that the workshops include a Discussions: field component but have the ability to plan for a weather contingency. There will also need to be an early November Catherine Gatenby – The conference is breaking even, with date for the board meeting. approximately 225 registered from 15 countries!

Approximately $44,000 in donations were obtained by Other Topics / Discussions Catherine to cover some of the expense. Jim Williams – through FMCS – working on a letter Heidi suggested that we publish a protocol for symposia – regarding Coosa River for FERC requirements / re-licensing. basically a lesson’s learned such as accommodating persons Jim and Art Bogan also requested the states to review the with limited mobility, etc. We also need a clearing house of mussel Atlas. It was proposed to try to publish the new FMCS logos to get t-shirts, etc. The subcontracting of an official mussel names in Ellipsaria, however it may be outfit to do registration was a great success and problematic as AFS is protective of publishing new recommended for future meetings. fish/mussel names.

Art Bogan - suggested that a document “Addressing ethical and zoological nomenclature guidelines for documenting

mussel species” should be developed – can the genetics committee head this effort up? Or would this call under techniques and guidelines? The document would include: Announcements & News • Series of voucher and photo procedures and recommendations • Locality information The First Biennial Eastern Gulf Slope • Naming conventions Mollusk and Crayfish Meeting

The first Biennial Eastern Gulf Slope Mollusk and Crayfish Walkerana / Ellipsaria News – See Information Exchange Meeting was convened 20-22 January 2009 at the 5 Rivers section for a summary of the discussion. The format of the Delta Resource Center, Spanish Fort, Alabama. It was held in Journal was discussed and it was agreed to keep Ellipsaria as conjunction with the Alabama DCNR Mollusk Meeting. an information exchange format Informal reviews and updates were presented for current -Should there be a discount for pdf copy only of the journal? mollusk and crayfish conservation and research activities in -Can we scan and convert old Ellipsaria back issues to pdf? Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Over

Nomenclature / voucher procedures!!! Art Bogan –Article 50 attendees from state and federal government, nongovernmental agencies and academia attended. for Ellipsaria on how to photograph mussels, preserve and voucher specimens? FMCS should consider promoting the The next meeting is being planned for 18 January 2011, but taking of some vouchers during surveys as a lack of location has not been determined. Anyone interested in vouchers is hindering the science. Need to then post article attending should contact the organizers for specific time and on website location: Jeff Garner, [email protected], Sandy Pursifull, [email protected], or Jim Williams, Micro matrix Technology – Heidi Dunn discussed the [email protected] . potential of a developing “Micro matrix” technology which could allow for the species-specific delivery of lethal agents.

For example, zebra mussels or silver carp could be targeted because it is species specific. Obituary – Louise Russert-Kraemer http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/obits/74105/ Genetics – David Berg / others - it was discussed the need to Louise "Weez" Rothmund Russert-Kraemer, 85, professor improve communication within the mollusk genetic emeritus of zoology at the University of Arkansas in community. Art Bogan stressed the problems of Genbank Fayetteville, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at Hillcrest Hospital due to a lack of voucher documentation. Even photographic in Cleveland [Arkansas]. evidence has been extremely poor and some photos do not match the species sample. It was recommended that voucher She was born Dec. 17, 1923, to John W. and Wilhelmina procedures be developed. Rothmund Russert in Milwaukee. Weezie, as she was known to her friends, attended the Milwaukee University School and Time and Place Sub-Committee – It was proposed that a began her college education at Wellesley College, finishing a sub-committee should be set up to be solely in charge of B.S. in biology at Marquette University. She went to the conference / workshop funding, due to the large amount of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for her graduate work required for putting the event together. Catherine studies. On completing her M.S. and graduate course work, added that trying to get donations and funding was about she accepted a tenure-track position as assistant professor of half the work of putting the symposium together. Greg Cope zoology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1948, said other organizations have a “Time and Place Committee” where she met William S. Kraemer, professor of philosophy. where the past Symposium Chair is the head of the T&P, They married in the spring of 1949. Due to a nepotism rule incorporated under the functions of the Symposium preventing married couples from teaching in the same Committee. college, Louise lost her academic position. While being the devoted mother to her four children, Weez International Sub-Committee – It was discussed that the returned to adjunct teaching in the department of zoology at international component of the Baltimore symposium was a the University of Arkansas in the mid-1950s. With her four, great success. It was suggested to form a separate young children in tow, she revived her graduate studies and committee to promote the international aspect of the society. completed her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1966 It was then agreed that the best approach would be to form with a specialization in malacology. She regained a full-time an Ad Hoc International Committee under the Outreach position in the U of A zoology department where, as a Committee. dynamic teacher and innovative researcher, she quickly rose

Motion to adjourn by Steve Ahlstedt, second by Jim to the rank of full professor. Nationally and internationally Williams, all in favor. recognized for pioneering research combining malacology and animal behavior, she was elected fellow of the American Submitted by Greg Zimmerman, FMCS Secretary Association for the Advancement of Science and served as

president of the American Malacological Union and of the American Microscopical Society. She was a cofounder of the

Society for the History and Philosophy of Biology. In the school year 1987-1988, she was a visiting fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University until she retired Publications in 1993. Preceded in death by her husband, William; sisters, Audrey Lowe and Joan Russert-Haber; and brother, Roger Russert- Esarey, J., D. Soucek, J. Levengood, R. Hudson, W. Malakoff, she is survived by her four children, Eric Russert Wimer, and R. Halbrook. 2008. Contaminants in Kraemer and his wife Francine Klein, Robert Russert unionid mussels from the confluence of the Mississippi Kraemer and his wife Ginger, Lisa Russert Kraemer and her and Illinois Rivers. Illinois Natural History Survey husband Richard Lang and Soren Russert Kraemer and his Bulletin 38:197-214. wife Karen; 12 grandchildren; and a great granddaughter. To order: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/resources/bulletin.php

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Louise Graf, D.L., and K.S. Cummings. 2009. Actual and alleged Russert-Kraemer memorial fund, University of Arkansas freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) from Foundation Inc., University House, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Madagascar and the Mascarenes, with description of a new genus, Germainaia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 221-38. Obituary – Dorothea Franzen http://www.iwu.edu/CurrentNews/newsreleases09/obt_Franzen_0109 .shtml Dorothea S. Franzen, professor of biology emerita, died Contributed Articles Dec. 31, 2008, at Kidron Bethel Village, a retirement community in North Newton, Kan. She was 96 years old. Franzen joined Illinois Wesleyan’s faculty in 1952 and The following articles were contributed by FMCS members and others in the malacological community. The contributions are retired in 1977 as the George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Chair incorporated into the newsletter with minimal editing and the of Biology. Among the many honors she received in her opinions expressed therein are those of the authors. lifetime, she was named Wesleyan’s Teacher of the Year in 1967. Her research specialty was malacology. Among her Maryland Mussel Workgroup – discoveries was a new species of mollusk which she found January 27, 2009 Meeting along the shores of Long Lake in southern Michigan and On January 27th, 2009 the first meeting of the Maryland named Catinella prolongata. She served as national Mussel Workgroup was held. We had eight participants at the president of the American Malacological Union and initial meeting including: Jim McCann, Dave Brinker, Dan received numerous grants for her research. In 1985 she was Feller (Maryland Natural Heritage Program), Matt Ashton named Outstanding Member of the American Association of (Maryland Biological Stream Survey), Julie Devers (U.S. Fish University Women. & Wildlife Service), Rita Villella Bumgardner, Glenn Nelson, Born to a family of teachers, Franzen received her and Cara Campbell (U.S. Geological Survey). bachelor’s degree from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. She earned both a master’s degree and doctorate in Distribution and status of Maryland’s mussels: zoology at the University of Kansas, becoming the first (JM) Overview of Maryland’s native unionid fauna with female Bethel graduate to go on to earn a Ph.D. Bethel emphasis on the status of A. heterodon, A. varicosa, and awarded her its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975. L. subvirids. What are Maryland’s taxonomic issues involving lanceolate Elliptios? How can we better In 1976, Franzen was interviewed by Wesleyan’s student determine the identity of L. cariosa vs. L. cardium in the newspaper, the Argus, about her journey as an educator and Potomac River drainage? a pioneer as a woman in her field. “Now women can be reasonably sure of getting a position but must go through Recently completed and ongoing work: the rigors of being prepared and staying qualified,” she said. (JM) NHP database, permitting, and supportive surveys. Franzen also issued a challenge to IWU women who she felt Upper Choptank River survey to follow up 2007 MBSS “were not availing themselves to the opportunities they A. heterodon record. (MA) Documenting mussel presence have. How many of Wesleyan’s women have gone for a at MBSS sites and using data to describe coincident Ph.D.?” ecological conditions. Long-term monitoring at sites with While Franzen was devoted to her research, she told the exceptional mussel communities. Analyzing factors that Argus, “Teaching is my life. I’ve kept up research to keep describe the distribution of Coastal Plain assemblages. myself alert as a zoologist. One has to work above one’s Conducting timed searches in conjunction with EPA NSRA teaching level to maintain an alert outlook and an alert sites on Potomac River and non-wadeable tributaries. (JD) mind. One must be stimulated to be able to stimulate.” Additional host trials with E. complanata and migratory fishes; results support suitability of American eels. Memorial contributions may be made to Bethel College, Captured eels and translocated them to above Conowingo 300 E. 27th St., North Newton, KS 67117-0531. 9

Dam; should continue translocations in 2009. Also bugensis in the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube between the improving eel passage at Conowingo as part of FERC villages Koshava (km 811) and Sandrovo (km 477). The relicensing. (RV) Summarized surveys in Sideling Hill collected material turned out to be 2-4 years old according to Creek, C&O Canal, Potomac River below Dam No. 4 and the size of the mussels. Szekeres, Szalóky & Bodolai (2008) Little Falls. Noted recent sightings of L. subviridis in reported Quagga mussels from six localities in the Hungarian Potomac River. Discussed recent surveys in Potomac part of the Danube: Komárom, Kisoroszi and Leányfalu tributaries including Cacapon River, Back and Sleepy upstream Budapest, Budapest itself, and two localities creeks. Participating in multiagency environmental flow downstream Budapest near Dunaújváros. analysis of lower Potomac River. (CC) Developing a landscape model for Atlantic mussels, predictive modeling According to these new localities it is only a matter of time of A. heterodon, thermal and hydrologic stability, before we may expect the first localities of this invasive indicator species of mussels. mussel species from stretches of the Danube in Moldavia, Croatia, Austria and Germany. Inventory, research, and conservation priorities: Identify reasons for decline and persistence in A. varicosa References and L. subviridis populations. Will this require a regional Hubenov, Z. & Trichkova, T. 2007. Dreissena bugensis effort? Upcoming MBSS study in Sideling Hill Creek (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) – New invasive species watershed can address some data needs. Work towards a to the Bulgarian Malacofauna. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, consensus on the status and identification of Lampsilis sp. 59(2):203-209. in the Potomac River. Assist those investigating Mienis, H.K. 2006. How long will it take the Quagga mussel lanceolate Elliptio taxonomy. Should we look into Dreissena bugensis to reach Western Europe? Ellipsaria, propagation facilities and what are Maryland’s current 8(1):8. options? Data gaps (e.g. tidal fresh and Potomac River). Mienis, H.K. 2007. More news about the Quagga mussels in Europe. Ellipsaria, 9(3):7-8. Because of poor weather the group left several items Mienis, H.K. 2008. Additional news about the presence of unattended, including effects of stream blockages, Quagga mussels in the Netherlands. Ellipsaria, 10(1):11-12. temperature and drought, zebra mussels, and filming a Szekeres, J., Szalóky, Z. & Bodolai, K. 2008. [The first data segment on mussels for Maryland Public Television. The of Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897) from Hungary.] group will continue to meet (TBA), but will informally Malacological Newsletter, 26:33-36. (in Hungarian) discuss new items at the FMCS Symposia. For further information on the meeting, contact Matt Ashton at [email protected] or (410) 260-8604. Additional Information Concerning the Conquest of Europe by the Invasive Chinese Pond Mussel Sinanodonta woodiana. 19. More about the Expansion of the Distribution News from Austria, France, Hungary, of Dreissena bugensis in Europe Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Sweden Henk K. Mienis Henk K. Mienis National Collections of Natural History, Dept. Zoology, Tel National Collections of Natural History, Dept. Zoology, Tel Aviv University, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, and Aviv University, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, and National Natural History Collections, Berman Bldg., National Natural History Collections, Berman Bldg., Hebrew Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel. University of Jerusalem, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel. [email protected] [email protected]

In previous short reports I have reviewed the presence of the During the second half of 2008 the invasive Chinese Pond invasive Quagga mussel Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, mussel Sinanodonta woodiana was again in the news in 1897) in the lower part of the Danube (Mienis, 2006), in the several European countries. The most important information, delta of the Rhine and the possible role of the Main-Danube including the first records from Moldova, is here summarized. Canal in its expansion (Mienis, 2007) and its presence in the Netherlands (Mienis, 2008). Although we may not rule out Austria the possibility that the Quagga mussel started its infiltration Sinanodonta woodiana is incorporated in the list of benthic of Europe's main waterways – the Danube and the Rhine, Neozoa present in the rivers and streams of Austria (Moog et independently from both ends at about the same time – the al., 2008) Main-Danube Canal seems to play a much more important role. The question is: Where are the records from the France intermediate area? Has the Quagga mussel been overlooked Relatively small specimens (8.7-13.5 cm) of the Chinese Pond or has this species failed in establishing viable populations mussel have been found recently in an eutrophic reservoir the over large stretches in both the Danube and the Rhine? Grand Large, which is part of catchment basin of the river Rhône upstream of Lyon Mouthon, 2008). These mussels are Two recently published reports show some more light on the accompanied among others by two other invasive bivalve conquest of Europe by the Quagga mussel. Hubenov & species Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) and Corbicula Trichkova (2007) have reported the first find of Dreissena fluminea (Müller, 1774) and a native species Unio pictorum 10

(Linnaeus, 1758). Sinanodonta woodiana had been recorded Moog, O., Graf, W., Ofenböck, T. & Schmidt-Kloiber, A., since the end of the eighties from various localities in the 2008. Bentische Neozoa in österreichischen delta of the Rhône (Girardi & Ledoux, 1989 and Girardi, Fliessgewässern. Mitteilungen der Deitschen Gesellschaft 2002). für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie, 16:113-116. Mouthon, J., 2008. Découverte de Sinanodonta woodiana Hungary (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionacea) dans un réservoir During a survey of a stretch of the Danube in Hungary and eutrophe: le Grand Large en amont de Lyon (Rhône, two of its tributaries, the Hosszúvölgyi stream and the France). MalaCo, 5:241-243. Börzsönyi stream, Sinanodonta woodiana was located only Munjiu, O. & Shubernetski, I., 2008. First record of at two stations (out of 15) in the Danube just south of Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Budapest and just north of Pacs (Bódis et al., 2008). in Moldova. Aquatic Invasions, 3(4):453-454. Moldova Paunovi , M.M., Borkovi , S.S., Pavlovi , S.Z., Sai i , Z.S. In Moldova empty shells of Sinanodonta woodiana were & Caki , P.D., 2008. Results of the 2006 Sava survey – found in Lake Manta in 2003 while living specimens were Aquatic Macroinvertebrates. Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrado, discovered to be present in Lake Beleu in the summer of 60(2):265-271. 2008 (Munjiu & Shubernetski, 2008). Both localities are Popa, O.P., Murariu, D. & Popa, L.O., 2008. Freshwater situated in the catchment basin of the river Prut. Since the mollusc species invasive in Romania. In P. Pyek & J. Pergl th latter is connected to the delta of the Danube near the Black (Eds.): Neobiota: towards a Synthesis. 5 European Sea, the discovery of the Chinese Pond mussel in that river Conference on Biological Invasions. Prague (Czech was only a matter of time. These records are the first ones Republic), 23-26 September 2008. Book of Abstracts: 99. from Moldavian territory. Proschwitz, T. von, 2008a. The Chinese giant mussel – Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvis, Unionidae) – Romania an unwelcome addition to the Swedish fauna. Basteria, Information is presented about the process of establishment 72(4-6):307-311. of the Chinese Pond mussel in Romania in general and the Proschwitz, T. von, 2008b. Faunistical news from the Danube in particular (Popa et al., 2008). According to the Göteborg Natural History Museum 2007 – snails, slugs and authors the entire stretch of this major European river was mussels – with some notes on Vertigo ultimathule von settled by this highly invasive species within a time span of Proschwitz – a landsnail species from northernmost Sweden 10 years. new to science. Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum

Serbia rstryck 2008:51-72. A hydro-biological survey of the river Sava carried out in Serbia in 2006 showed that Sinanodonta woodiana was abundant in bottom habitats predominated by the presence of New malacological records from Paraná sand, fine sand and mud (Paunovi et al., 2008). This State, Southern Brazil region, with a general mussel species was only collected by diving. The authors synthesis of current knowledge consider the river Sava as an important part of the Southern Invasive Corridor of Europe. A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón Projeto Naiade (Naiade Project), Avulsos Malacológicos Sweden Caixa Postal (P. O. Box) 010, 88010-970 Centro, The situation of the Chinese Pond mussel in Sweden has Florianópolis, Santa Catarina – SC, Brasil been described recently by von Proschwitz (2008a-b). So [email protected] - http://www.malacologia.com.br far it has been found at two localities: Hjärnarp in 2005 and Askim (southern part of Göteborg) in 2007. They had Since the year of 2001 (Agudo 2008a; Agudo-Padrón 2008b), reached these localities most probably by means of we have been developing the continental inventory of respectively carp and goldfish infected with glochidia of freshwater/limnic and terrestrial mollusk fauna present in the Sinanodonta woodiana. The locality in Askim forms at this territory of Paraná State, Southern Brazil region (Fig. 1), with moment the northernmost known in Europe. a total of 133 species and subspecies confirmed (77 terrestrial and 56 freshwater; 23 mussel/clams & 33 gastropods), References systematically included in 2 classes, 35 families, and 64 Bódis, E., Nosek, J., Oertel, N. & Tóth, B., 2008. genera (classification based on Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), [Longitudinal distribution of mussel fauna in the water Poppe & Tagaro (2006), Simone (2006) and Thomé et al system of river Danube.] Acta Biol. Debr. Oecol. Hung., (2006, 2007)). Once we incorporate information concerning 18:9-20. the regional marine/estuarine species (193 forms), the total Girardi, H., 2002. Notes sur la présence de mollusques number of known species and subspecies will rise to 326 dulçaquicoles en Camargue (Bouche-du-Rhône, France) forms . (Mollusca: Gastropoda et Bivalvia). Documents Malacologiques, 3:3-8. The chronological results of research previously generated Girardi, H. & Ledoux, J.-C., 1989. Présence d'Anodonta can be found in the contributions of Agudo (2005, 2006 a-c, woodiana (Lea) en France (Mollusques, Lamellibranches, 2007 a), Agudo-Padrón (2007), Agudo (2007 b, 2008 a-c), and Agudo-Padrón (2008 a-b, 2009). Unionidae) . Bulletin mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 58:286-290. 11

2006)(**), the Metropolitan region of “Cascavel” (Netto et al 2008; Pereyra et al 2008), border places localities of the “Iguazú Waterfalls National Ecological Park” (Rumi et al 2005, 2008; Gregoric et al 2008), the Alluvial Plain of the High Paraná River, in the Third Plateau (Takeda et al 2002; Sorte & Martins-Silva 2008; Souza et al 2008), and the organization of a coastal malacological collection in Museum of Natural History (Fraguas et al 2002).

(*)For the amphibian slug Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1835), in the “Inferninho River”, Paranaguá … (**)For the native giant freshwater mussel naiad Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) …

References: Agudo, A.I. 2005. Preliminary notes on the freshwater mussels/naiades of the Paraná State, Southern Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 7(3): 9-11. Agudo, A.I. 2006 a. New records of Continental Mollusks (Bivalvia & Gastropoda) from Paraná and Santa Catarina States, Southern Brazil region. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 8(1): 10-11. Agudo, A.I. 2006 b. Preliminary notes on the freshwater and terrestrial gastropod mollusks of the Paraná State, Southern Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 8(3): 9-12. Agudo, A.I. 2006 c. Additional records of land and freshwater mollusks (Gastropoda & Bivalvia) from Paraná State, Southern Brazil region. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 8(3): 12. Agudo, A.I. 2007 a. Some observations about continental mollusks (Gastropoda & Bivalvia) in two Ecological Parks of Paraná State, Southern Brazil. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 9(1): 10-11. Agudo, A.I. 2007 b. Preliminary report of continental mollusks in the Central Paraná State Region, Southern Brazil, with additional information. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 9 (2): 5-7. Agudo, A.I. 2008 a. Non-marine mollusc diversity in Paraná State, Southern Brasil. IUCN/SSC Internet Newsletter Tentacle, Honolulú, Hawaii - USA, (16): 10 - 13, 31. Agudo, A.I. 2008 b. Freshwater mussel news (Unionoida: Hyriidae) from Paraná State, Southern Brazil region. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, 10(1): 17-18. Agudo, A.I. 2008 c. Malacological news from Paraná State, Southern Brazil region: additional registrations. FMCS Newsletter Ellipsaria, Figure 1. Geographical location of the Paraná’s State, Brazil 10(2): 11-13. Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2007. Inventário preliminar dos moluscos Additional registrations of species for the State included, in continentais ocorrentes no Estado do Paraná, sul do Brasil. Rio de this opportunity, two not certain aquatic/limnic species of Janeiro, RJ: Resumos XX Encontro Brasileiro de Malacologia: 219. the Alluvial Plain (or of Flood) of the High Paraná River, Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2008 a. Member report: Brazil. UNITAS located in the extreme Northwest of the State, regional Third Malacologica Newsletter, Dublin - Ireland, (27): 9. Plateau (Souza et al 2008: 310) (Fig. 1): Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2008 b. Levantamento biogeográfico de moluscos no Estado de Santa Catarina, SC, região Sul do Brasil, Systematic Species List : Vertente Atlântica do Cone Meridional da América do Sul. Class GASTROPODA Caminhos de Geografia, Uberlândia, 9(28): 126-133. Subclass Caenogastropoda / Prosobranchia Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2009. Ordenamento e interpretação Family THIARIDAE biogeográfica preliminar da malacofauna ocorrente na região da - Aylacostoma sp Vertente Atlântica do Cone Meridional da América do Sul. Revista Class BIVALVIA Discente Expressões Geográficas, Florianópolis, 5(5): ... in Press. Order VENEROIDA Arruda, J.O.; Pereira, D.; Bergonci, P.E.A.; Santos, C.P. & Mansur, Family SPHAERIDAE M.C.D. 2009. Novos registros de Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Succineidae) para os - Eupera sp (the first well-known record) Estados de São Paulo e Paraná, Brasil. Biotemas, Florianópolis, 22(1): ... in Press. Finally, some other geographical registrations, referred in Belz, C.E. & Netto, O.S.M. 2008. O transporte de areia como vetor the regional specialized literature, including researches in de dispersão de moluscos bivalves invasores no Estado do Paraná, the general State territory (Belz & Netto 2008) and specific Brasil. Valdivia, Chile: Resumos VII Congreso Latinoamericano de localities of the Coastal Plain (Agudo 2008 c: 12; Arruda et Malacologia: ... oral Presentation. al 2009)(*), the Southwest (“Chopinzinho”) and Central Carboni, M.C.; Scariot, L.A.; Ulbinski, A.C.L.; Carapunarla, L. North (“Londrina”) regions (Carboni et al 2006; Guardia Souza, F. & Saciloto, M.P. 2006. Estudos preliminares sobre a 12

ocorrência de Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) em tanques General mollusk fauna of Rio Grande do de piscicultura. Londrina, PR: Resumos XXVI Congresso Sul State, Southernmost Brazil region: a Brasileiro de Zoologia: 2210. Fraguas, G.M.; Gernet, M.V. & Sasaoka, S.K. 2002. Levantamento preliminary revision rehearsal de moluscos coletados por Frederico Lange de Morretes no litoral A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón Paranaense e tombados no Museu de História Natural Capão da Projeto Naiade (Naiade Project), Avulsos Malacológicos Imbuia. Itajaí, SC: Resumos XXIV Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia: 6044. Caixa Postal (P. O. Box) 010, 88010-970 Centro, Guardia, P. 2006. Análise morfométrica da concha de Anodontites Florianópolis, Santa Catarina – SC, Brasil trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Londrina, PR: [email protected] - http://www.malacologia.com.br Resumos XXVI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia: 1946. Gregoric, D.E.G.; Núñez, V.; Ferrando, N.S. & Rumi, A. 2008. A brief revision and preliminary bibliographical compilation Densidad y crecimiento de Chilina megastoma of the mollusk fauna for the Rio Grande do Sul State is (Gastropoda:Chilinidae) em el Salto Arrechea, Parque Nacional presented in this report, based on the fact that abundant and Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. Valdivia, Chile: Resumos VII diversified references exist, included general ecological Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia: ... oral Presentation. aspects and specific descriptions, but are dispersed and not Netto, O.S. M.; Belz, C.E. & Borges, P.D. 2008. Bioincrustação de always of easy access, seeking to minimize part of this Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) em diferentes substratos informative deficiency. artificiais no Reservatório da Usina Hidrelétrica Governador José Richa, Rio Iguaçu, Paraná, Brasil. Valdivia, Chile: Resumos VII Located in the brazilian Southernmost region, Rio Grande do Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia: ... oral Presentation. Sul State is the largest geo-political portion of the South area Pereyra, P.J.; Maroñas, M. & Darrigran, G. 2008. Crecimiento of the country (Fig. 1), geographically close to the remaining individual del mejillón invasor, Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia: States of the brazilian Southern region, Santa Catarina and Mytilidae) en una central hidroeléctrica sobre el río Paraná. Paraná and the neighboring countries of Uruguay and Valdivia, Chile: Resumos VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia: presentación Poster. Argentina, of the “Atlantic Slope of the Southern Cone of Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S.P. 2006. The new classification of South America”, placed in the oriental face of the Andean gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. VISAYA, Mountain range. Occupying a total area of 282.062 km, and Cebú-Philippines: 1-10. an large Atlantic sandy coast with more than 622 kilometers http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net of extension, Rio Grande do Sul possesses a soft, super-humid Rumi, A.; Gregoric, D.E.G. & Ferrando, N.S. 2005. Aspectos subtropical, mesothermal climate, with hot summer and poblacionales de Acrorbis aff. petricola Odhner, 1937 without station it evaporates very defined. The annual (Gastropoda:Planorbidae) em la Província de Misiones, medium temperature oscillates between 16 and 20°C. The Argentina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Resumos XIX Encontro Brasileiro average of the hottest month is between 22ºC and 26°C and de Malacologia: 304. Rumi, A.; Gregoric, D.E.G.; Núñez, V. Ferrando, N.S 2008. the average of the coldest month between 10° and 15°C. The Gasterópodos del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Argentina, y su annual pluviometric precipitation varies between 1000 and o disposición en hábitat de saltos. Valdivia, Chile: Resúmenes VII 1500 mm and the number of frosts a year varies since 1 , in Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia: ... oral Presentation. "Torres" - emblem with coast Atlantic of Santa Catarina's Simone, L.R.L. 2006. Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. São State , to the North, to more than 15o in "Santa Vitória do Paulo, SP: FAPESP, 390 p. Palmar", in the close interior to the end South of the State. Sorte, P.D.B. & Martins-Silva, M.J. 2008. Estudo da bioinvasão de Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) no Lago Paranoá (Bacia do The Metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, also known as Great Alto Paraná). 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Recaracterização Congresso Brasileiro de Arroz Irrigado & XXVI Reunião da do subgênero Toltecia Pilsbry com descrição da Cultura do Arroz Irrigado, Agosto 09 a 12 de 2005, 159p. conquiliomorfologia e anatomia dos sistemas excretor e reprodutor http://www.sosbai.com.br/docs/recomendacoes2005.pdf de Punctum (Toltecia) pilsbryi (Scott), n. comb. (Gastropoda, + TELES, H. M. S. 1996. Distribuição de Biomphalaria straminea Stylommatophora, Punctidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, São ao Sul da região Neotropical, Brasil. Revista de Saúde Pública, Paulo, 12(2): 189-209. São Paulo, 30(4): 341-349. + FONSECA et al. 1997. Estudo preliminar da malacofauna de Passo Fundo e arredores (Endodontoidea, Stylommatophora, 17

Gastropoda). Florianópolis, SC: Resumos XV Encontro inventory, begun in March 1996 (Agudo 2002 a-b), Brasileiro de Malacologia, 119: 77. includes a confirmed total of 253 species and subspecies, + GALLON, M. S. et al. 2003. Malacofauna terrestre em duas including 211 marine forms (Agudo & Bleicker 2009) and 42 trilhas ecológicas do Parque Estadual de Itapuã, Viamão, RS. Rio continental representatives – 13 freshwater / limnic and 29 de Janeiro, RJ: Resumos XVIII Encontro Brasileiro de terrestrial (Agudo 2007; Agudo-Padrón 2008). Malacologia: 209. + GOMES, S. R. et al. 2004. Ciclo biológico de Simpulopsis ovata On March 30-31 2009, two lots of 18 specimens (7 and 11 (Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) em São Francisco de Paula, Rio animals) of Omalonyx convexus (Heynemann, 1868) were Grande do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre, collected by us in a strait sandbank stream (drainage channel) 94(3): 253-259. + HEYDRICH, I. Moluscos terrestres. Seção II – Diagnóstico, pp. close to human residences on “Campeche Beach” (Travessa 240-251. In: BECKER, F G.; RAMOS, R. A. & MOURA, L. de Manoel Rafael Inácio), Florianópolis city, to the North of A. (Orgs.). Biodiversidade. Regiões da Lagoa do Casamento e “Peri Lagoon” (Agudo 2007:10), coastal SE area of Santa dos Butiazais de Tapes, planície costeira do Rio Grande do Sul. Catarina Island, densely populated by riverside aquatic plants Brasília, DF: MMA/FZB, 2007, 388 p. (predominancy of macrophytes Eichornia azurea and + JUNQUEIRA, F.O. & VEITENHEIMER-MENDES, I.L. 2005. Hydrocotyle ranunculoides), with presence of flotation Guia ilustrado da fauna de moluscos terrestres registradas em vegetable species Pistia stratiotes and Spirodela intermedia, mata no Campus do Vale da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande the little limnic snail Planorbidae Drepanotrema cimex do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Resumos XIX (Moricand, 1838) and abundant small native tropical fishes Encontro Brasileiro de Malacologia: 418. + MIQUEL, S.E. et al. 2004. Lista preliminar de los Punctoideos de Poecilidae, characteristic of this type of aquatic environment Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, con descripción de dos espécies in the island. Preserved in liquid by the searching nuevas (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Revista malacologist Janine Oliveira Arruda, a specialist in Brasileira de Zoologia, São Paulo, 21(4): 925-935. Succineidae gastropods (Malacology Laboratory, Museum of + RAMIREZ, R. et al. 2002. Avaliação preliminar da Science and Technology - MCT, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS), biodiversidade malacológica terrestre de Taquara, RS, Brasil. São on 09/04/2009. Paulo, SP: Resúmenes V Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia: 155. In general, Omalonyx convexus, representative pulmonate + SALGADO, N.C. & COELHO, A.C. dos S. 2003. Moluscos gastropod species of the genus Omalonyx d’Orbigny, 1837 terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive and family Succineidae Beck, 1837 (Thomé et al 2006: 46, Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae). Revista de Biologia 58; Arruda & Thomé 2008 a: 94; Arruda & Thomé 2008 b: Tropical, San José de Costa Rica, 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. 159), is a small Neotropical amphibian slug with an external + SANTOS, P.H. dos & THOMÉ, J.W. 1999. Chave ilustrada para reduced, flattened nail-shape shell (Simone 2006: 236-fig. determinação prática das cinco espécies de Veronicellidae com ocorrência no Rio Grande do Sul (Mollusca, Gastropoda, 907) that lives on macrophytes and adjacent vegetation in Soleolifera). Porto Alegre, RS: Cadernos EDIPUCRS 13, Série swamps, marshes and floodplains (Arruda & Thomé Zoologia, 3, 22 p. 2008b:159), usually in polluted waters close to environments + SILVA, L.F. da & THOMÉ, J.W. 2005. Novo registro de modified by humans, and can be found in artificial lakes, Simpulopsis (Eudioptus) citrinovitrea (MOLLUSCA, dams and even in parks and public squares of cities. GASTROPODA, BULIMULIDAE) para o sul do Brasil. Biociências, Porto Alegre, 13(2): 123-132. In southernmost Brazil it is present in the Santa Catarina and + SILVA, L.F. da & THOMÉ, J.W. 2006. Duas novas espécies de Rio Grande do Sul states (Thomé et al 2007:26; Agudo- Simpulopsis (Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) para o Rio Grande do Sul, Padrón 2008b). Already in the southern State of Paraná Brasil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre, 96(2):185-196. (Agudo 2008 a:10), the genus is represented by the species + THOMÉ, J.W. 1993. Estado atual da sistemática dos Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (Agudo Veronicellidae (Mollusca; Gastropoda) americanos, com 2008b:12; Arruda et al 2009). In the Santa Catarina's State comentários sobre sua importância econômica, ambiental e na territory, it has been just listed for the following continental saúde. Biociências, Porto Alegre, 1(1): 61-75. + THOMÉ, J.W. et al. Os caracóis e as lesmas dos nossos bosques e Municipal Districts: São João do Sul (high Mampituba River jardins. Pelotas, RS: Editora USEB, 2006, 123p. basin), Criciúma, Paulo Lopes (to the South), and Camboriú + THOMÉ, J.W. et al. 2007. Moluscos terrestres no Cone (to the North) (Agudo-Padrón 2008 Meridional da América do Sul, diversidade e distribuição. Ciência & Ambiente, Santa Maria, RS, (35): 9-28. Thus, the present report characterizes the first historical record of an amphibian slug in an islander territory of the Santa Catarina´s State, the smallest geographical portion of First confirmed record of amphibian slugs the Southern Brazil region (Agudo & Bleicker 2006:8). Omalonyx (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Succineidae) Elevating to 254 the general inventory of well-known species for Santa Catarina's Island, Southern Brazil and subspecies (30 terrestrial) for Santa Catarina's Island.

A. Ignacio Agudo-Padrón References: Projeto Naiade (Naiade Project), Avulsos Malacológicos Agudo, A.I. 2002a. Malacofauna do Parque Municipal da Caixa Postal (P. O. Box) 010, 88010-970 Centro, Galheta, Ilha de Santa Catarina, Mesorregião da Grande Florianópolis, Santa Catarina – SC, Brasil Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. São Paulo, SP: [email protected] - http://www.malacologia.com.br Resúmenes V Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacologia - V CLAMA: 103. Santa Catarina's Island is the largest islander geographical Agudo, A.I. 2002b. Malacofauna continental ocorrente na territory of the Santa Catarina's State. Our malacological Mesorregião da Grande Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. 18

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Host Identifications or Confirmations G. Thomas Watters, Trisha Gibson & Brooke Kelly Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Freshwater Mussel Research & Conservation Facility & The Ohio State University

All transformations at 20° C Mussel Host Average # % Transformation Days to Starting juveniles/ fish Transformation month Lampsilis fasciola Longear Sunfish 3 43% 29 August Ligumia recta Largemouth Bass 64 38% 25 November Megalonaias nervosa Shovelnose Sturgeon 20 24% 28 December Black Bullhead 30 56% 28 December Black Bullhead 5 12% 20 January Yellow Bullhead 253 92% 28 December Northern Studfish 174 64% 28 December Golden Shiner 2 3% 28 December Largemouth Bass 2 12% 28 December Green Sunfish 79 54% 28 December Green Sunfish 14 64% 26 October Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Fantail Darter 3 6% 35 April Rainbow Darter 27 * 30 April Quadrula cylindrica Rainbow Darter 26 8% 25 May cylindrica Striped Shiner 20 3% 25 May

19 Mollusk Survey of Crystal Creek-Spring Creek Ranches, Blaine County, Idaho, USA Steven J. Lysne1 and Ron Pierce2 1Department of Math and Science, College of Western Idaho, 5500 University Way, Nampa, Idaho 83687; [email protected] 2Lolo, Montana

The Crystal Creek-Spring Creek Ranches cover an area of about 16 km2 and are located in the floodplain of the Big Wood River near the town of Bellvue in Blaine County, Idaho. We completed two mollusk surveys in the ground-water fed, irrigation supplemented, Willow, Spring, and Crystal creeks. The first was on 13 and 14 May, 2008 and the second completed on 18 and 19 July, 2008. For the May survey we used ocular inspection over approximately 16 kilometers of Willow Creek, Crystal Creek, and Spring Creek following the methods of Young et al. (2001). For the July survey we used an adaptive cluster design (Strayer and Smith 2003) at three locations in Willow Creek based on observations of Margaritifera falcata valve fragments from the May survey.

In May we visually inspected all spring creeks on both ranches with viewing buckets and counted a total of 248 Margaritifera falcata valve fragments but documented only a single live M. falcata. Although shells were found over much of the study area, they were concentrated at four locations; three in the upstream portion of the study area, approximately 2 km from the confluence with the Big Wood River and the fourth in the downstream portion of the study area only 450 meters from the confluence. The single live M. falcata was found at our most downstream site. It was positioned on its side on gravel/pebble substrate and measured approximately 6 cm in length.

During the July survey, we sampled a total of 30 1 m2 quadrats by ocular inspection (i.e. 20% of 150 possible quadrats). From those quadrats, we excavated 30 0.25 m2 quadrats to a depth of approximately 10 cm (ca. 0.75 m3 of sediment). No live Margaritifera falcata were collected or observed. Molluscan species richness in Willow Creek, based on our collections, is eight species from six families (Table 1). Molluscan species richness was greatest at our most upstream site approximately 2 km above the confluence with the Big Wood River. We also used viewing buckets to survey an approximately 500 meter reach of the Big Wood River above and below the confluence with Willow Creek. No live M. falcata or sign of any mussel species was observed.

Table 1. Mollusks collected or observed during this survey from sampling sites on Willow Creek and the Big Wood River, Blaine County, Idaho; May - July, 2008. Family Genus Species Authority Willow Cr. Status Ancylidae Ferrissia rivularis Say, 1817 Rare Hydrobiidae Fluminicola fuscus Haldeman, 1847 Abundant Hydrobiidae Potamopyrgus antipodarum Gray, 1853 Rare Lymnaeidae Radix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 Wood R. only Lymnaeidae Stagnicola hinkleyi Baker, 1906 Wood R. only Physidae Physa gyrina Say, 1821 Abundant Planorbidae Gyraulus parvus Say, 1817 Rare Planorbidae Planorbella subcrenatum Carpenter, 1857 Uncommon Margaritiferidae Margaritifera falcata Gould, 1850 Rare Sphaeriiddae Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer, 1821 Uncommon

Numerically, two families, represented by one species each, dominated the molluscan community in Willow Creek; Fluminicola fuscus (Haldeman, 1847) (Hydrobiidae) and Physa gyrina (Say, 1821) (Physidae). Only one individual each of Margaritifera falcata, Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817), Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1853) and Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) was collected. It is assumed that a small population of F. rivularis and G. parvus exist within the Willow Creek Complex as these species are considered habitat generalists and persist relatively well in degraded habitats. It is also assumed that there is a population of P. antipodarum in Willow Creek given the highly invasive potential of this species (Richards et al. 2001) and its presence in nearby Silver Creek (Richards and Lester, 2005). We had hoped to find additional buried or emergent M. falcata individuals in those areas with considerable evidence of past utilization (i.e. valve fragments) and/or nearby the collection site of the single live individual. Although we failed to find any additional mussels, we were surprised at the number of species observed and are optimistic with regard to their conservation in Willow Creek.

Richards, D.C. and G.T. Lester. 2005. Survey of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, in the Silver Creek drainage in and around The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve, Idaho, USA. Technical report submitted to: The Nature Conservancy, Idaho. 19 pp. Richards, D.C., L.D. Cazier, and G.T. Lester. 2001. Spatial distribution of three snail species, including the invader Potamopyrgus antipodarum, in a freshwater spring. Western North American Naturalist 61: 375-380. Strayer, D.L. and D.R. Smith. 2003. A guide to sampling freshwater mussel popuations. American Fisheries Society, Monograph 8, Bethesda, MD. Young, M.R., P.J. Cosgrove, L.C. Hastie, and B. Nenniger. 2001. A standardized method for assessing the status of freshwater mussels in clear, shallow rivers. The Malacological Society of London 67: 395 – 396.

20 An Updated Review of Attempts to Smuggle Freshwater Snails from Thailand into Israel Henk K. Mienis National Collections of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, and National Natural History Collections, Berman Building, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel. [email protected]

Since 2005 inspectors of the Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS) of the Ministry of Agriculture of Israel, stationed at the international Ben-Gurion Airport, have so far come across nine cases of attempts to smuggle life freshwater snails by temporary labourers arriving in Israel from Bangkok.

The first discovery of life snails among the personal belongings of these labourers took place on 17 March 2005, the most recent one on 27 February 2009. The quantity of intercepted snails ranged from less than ten specimens to almost 2 kg (about 500 specimens!) in a single batch and consisted of one to three different species. These snails are being confiscated because not only the whole phylum Mollusca is protected by law in Israel, but it is also prohibited to import molluscs alive or dead without a proper permit. So far seven different species have been discovered. They are enumerated here in systematic order. GASTROPODA Family VIVIPARIDAE Filopaludina (Filopaludina) sumatrensis polygramma (von Martens, 1860) Filopaludina (Siamopaludina) martensi cambodjensis (Mabille & Le Mesle, 1869) Filopaludina (Siamopaludina) martensi martensi (von Frauenfeld, 1865) Family AMPULLARIIDAE Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) Pila gracilis (Lea, 1856) *Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819) *Pomacea insularum (d’Orbigny, 1839) *An invasive species from South America, which has become naturalized in Thailand.

All seven gastropods belong to relatively large species which are eaten all over Thailand. Since similar, edible species are not available in Israel, new or returning Thai workers try to smuggle them into Israel with the intention to grow them in aquatic habitats in the vicinity of the complexes were they are living.

The diversity of the snail species, which they try to smuggle into Israel, depends on the area where they live in Thailand. The different species combination of the various interceptions has been tabulated below.

Date 17.03 16.11 02.01 09.04 20.04 04.12 22.02 20.02 27.02 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 PPIS mollusc sample # 199 205 210 214 213 218 222 244 259 Species Filopaludina sumatrensis polygramma ------+ Filopaludina martensi cambodjensis - - + ------Filopaludina martensi martensi + + - + + + - - + Pila ampullacea - - - + + + + + + Pila gracilis ------+ - Pomacea canaliculata - - + ------Pomacea insularum - - + ------Total 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 3

The problem with these interceptions is not only that they have taken place already nine times, but more seriously is the fact that we have no idea how many times these workers succeeded in smuggling such snails into Israel. If these snails manage to get a foothold in Israel, then most likely they may have a negative effect on the whole aquatic biodiversity in general and the local mollusc fauna in particular. The latter is already suffering from pollution and a general lack in rainfall during the past 10 years.

Also a health risk is involved: all species of Filopaludina and Pila living in Thailand are well-known intermediate hosts of trematodes, which may cause among others Echinostomiasis in man, a snail-borne disease not known in Israel (Brandt, 1974).

Acknowledgements I like to thank Dr. Shmuel Moran, who recently retired from the PPIS, Ministry of Agriculture, and Mrs. Svetlana Vaisman of the same institute for submitting at least part of the intercepted molluscs for identification and permanent storage in either the Mollusc Collection of the Tel Aviv University or the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

21 References Brandt, R.A.M., 1974. The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 105: I-IV + 1-423. Mienis, H.K., 2006a. Failed attempts to smuggle live Filopaludina martensi into Israel, but…. Tentacle, 14: 15-16 Mienis, H.K., 2006b. Aquatic snails intercepted by inspectors of the Plant Protection and Inspection Services at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel. Ellipsaria, 8 (2): 13-14.

Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta) host studies produce more negative results Mark C. Hove and Dan J. Hornbach, University of Minnesota and Macalester College Bernard E. Sietman and Andrea K. Crownhart, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Matthew S. Berg - Grantsburg High School – Biology Department 480 East James Avenue, Grantsburg, WI 54840 - (715) 463-5165 – [email protected]

Despite exhaustive trials by our laboratories and others (e.g., Baird (2000)), no suitable hosts have been identified for spectaclecase (Watters, 2008).

We conducted spectaclecase glochidia host suitability trials using standard methods (Zale and Neves, 1982). Gravid spectaclecase and silver lamprey were collected from the St. Croix River and other in/vertebrates were collected from streams and rivers outside the watershed. Host suitability trials were conducted at the University of Minnesota Wet Laboratory and at the Grantsburg High School Biology Laboratory during 2007. Treated subjects were inoculated with at least 10-20 glochidia and transferred to clean aquaria. Inoculated subjects were held in aquaria at 19°C ± 2 °C and fed at least three times a week. Aquaria were generally siphoned and siphonate checked for presence of glochidia and juveniles three times a week. A suitable host was verified if we observed glochidia encapsulation and metamorphosis to the juvenile stage.

We exposed a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates to spectaclecase glochidia but did not observe metamorphosis. Seven fish species were tested at the University of Minnesota and fourteen additional species including an agnathan fish, two amphibians, two gastropods, two crayfish, two ephemeropterans, one plecopteran, and four odonates were tested at Grantsburg High School (Table 1, next page). Although each of the 14 non-fish test subjects remained in the infestation tank for at least a 30 minute period, glochidial attachment was minimal. Using a stereoscope, we observed that anisopteran odonates anal respiration resulted in the near continuous inspiration and expiration of the neutrally buoyant glochidia without any apparent attachment. Despite direct contact with zygopteran odonate, ephemeropteran and plecopteran external gills, we observed no attachment. Rather, glochidia attached only to tibial setae on the crayfish and odonates, antennae and caudal cerci on the plecopterans, and not at all on ephemeropterans or gastropods. We did not directly observe glochidia on the internal gills of either the lampreys or the tadpoles, but the number of sloughed glochidia recovered from each suggests some attachment did occur. Ultimately, no test subjects facilitated glochidia metamorphosis, nor did we observe growth of any sloughed glochidia.

Several people and organizations assisted with this project. We thank the MN DNR ‘mussel survey team’ (Ben Dickinson, Mike Davis, Paula Frank, and others) and Vanessa Kleiss, Mitchell Evenson, Nicole Davis, Lydia Benge-Briggs, Charlie Falk, Tyler Myers, Ingrid Ames, Vanessa McKinley, Kevin Johnson, and many others in the 2007 Biology 2 classes at Grantsburg High School. Thanks also to the USFWS for funding this study and Wisconsin DNR for administering the project.

Literature Cited Baird, M.S. 2000. Life history of the spectaclecase, Cumberlandia monodonta Say, 1829 (Bivalvia, Unionoidea, Margaritiferidae). Unpublished master's thesis, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. 108 pp. Watters, G. T. 2008. Mussel/Host Database. http://128.146.250.235/MusselHost/ Zale, A.V. and R.J. Neves. 1982. Fish hosts of four species of Lampsiline mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in Big Moccasin Creek, Virginia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 2535-2542.

22 Table 1: Spectaclecase host suitability trial results No. of Glochidia individuals No. of attachment period Test Host Trial inoculated survivors (days) Fish pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) Trial 1 1 1 1-4 Trial 2 2 2 1-4 lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Trial 1 2 2 1-4 Trial 2 3 3 1-4 longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) 2 2 3-6 shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) 3 3 3-6 American eel (Anguilla rostrata) 3 3 4-13 gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) 1 1 4-7 mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii) 5 5 4-7 silver lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) 2 2 1-8 Amphibians green frog tadpole (Rana clamitans) 20 16 1-7 mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) 1 1 1-7 Gastropods physa snail (Physa sp.) 10 ** ** viviparus snail (Viviparus sp.) 5 ** ** Crustaceans rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) 4 3 1-7 native crayfish (Orconectes sp.) 2 2 1-4 Insects humpback mayfly (Baetisca sp.) 20 ** ** “hex”mayfly (Hexagenaia sp.) 15 ** ** stonefly (Pteronarcys sp.) 2 2 1-4 bluet damselfly (Enallagma sp.) 2 ** ** dancer damselfly (Argia sp.) 2 ** ** stygian shadowdragon (Neurocordulia yamaskanensis) 25 15* 1-8 swift river cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis) 16 8* 1-15 * Terminal instars emerged as flying adults before the end of study, no mortalities ** No glochidial attachment observed

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